Semester one of grad school almost over

Hello hello,

I have neglected to write in quite awhile. Life has been moving quickly and I'm savoring every second. My masters program started in August and it has been keeping me busy, leaving me minimal time to travel.

Over Halloween weekend I traveled to Fort Worth, Texas for an entrepreneurship conference...CEO, with the Syracuse Entrepreneurship Club. That was a great weekend. I really enjoyed the way of life and the people. Other than being at the conference during the day we went to a TCU game at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium. The Stadium was massive, not to mention they have the largest flat screen TV in the world (not sure about that...possibly the US...anyways it was huge).

We spent our nights at the world's largest honkey tonk (that I'm sure of), Billy Bob's. The first night we were in Texas, one of the girls on the trip call Billy Bob's to ask if they had a mechanical bull to ride. Their response was "No, honey, we only have real bulls." This is when we knew...we're in Texas ;).
I was taught the Texas two step by a wonderful teacher and successfully got it down. A live band faced the dance floor playing recent country music and just when I thought it couldn't get any better, a 'disco' western saddle was hanging above us all.

The night after we explored the Stockyards and ended up back at Billy Bobs to watch live bull riding. That ended up being very upsetting. These professional idiots rode the pissed bulls while the bulls were bucking furiously.  There are two shows a night, ours was the second. Two of the guys were seriously injured right in front of our eyes. One of them literally crouched underneath this massive bull, while the bull kicked back and forth at the guy. The other was kicked in the head and ribs. As he managed to crawl on the bars that surrounded the ring, he was directly in front of where I was sitting. He crouched over the bars, shaking and holding his head, eyes rolling back from the shock and trauma. I was sad and upset for the guy, to say the least. Thus... professional idiots. The night did get better as Billy Currington came on stage and performed to a jammed packed honkey tonk.

Anddddd, in conclusion: I am a fan of Texas :)

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